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iilai'8. FiMilliiM's of till' juffiilmn, luick, Hciipiiliit's, mid win^'-covcrls with l)ronil mcdini 

 Nti'cnks of li>;lit oclinu'cdiis uiid liliick spots on llm \vt'l).s ; jiij;uliiui with ii stnmj,' 

 liiiir tiii>,'t'. Sccoi laiics uml \viii>,'-i'ovi'its siiiiiij,'ly iiiotlk'il tniiisvcrsi'ly. liciui cliii},'y 

 bull', llio ii|)pi'r |mrl more rusty ; a post-oiiilar or uuriciilai' dusky palcli, mid u lull of 

 dusky fcalliurs o\\ (lu' vertex. C/iirh: Al)i>vt' lif,dit rid'ous, liciiealli rusty-white; uiiiforui 

 iiliiive and l)ek>\v ; u dusky [lost-oeiilar streak, iiielinin;; duwnwarils across the aurieuhus. 

 Hill wiiilisii. 



Hah. Eastern Province of Xorth Arncrie.i; in tlie northeastern portion.s (.Vew Kng- 

 land, Labrador) and Allegiiaiiy .Mountains iiicHnin^' toward var. nmhdlns in havin;,' a 

 (,'niy tail. 



IIviiITs. This M-('ll-kiu)\vii liifd — the coiniiioii liivcli I'ai'tiidoo f)t' tlio 

 Ili'itish l'rovince.s, tin; i*iirtii(lf,'e of Now Kiij^liiiitl mid llio West, and tliu 

 I'lioiisaiit of tliu ^[iddlu Statu.s — is found thrmi^'Iiout tlio woodud porlioiis of 

 uiistui'ii Nortii Aiiu'fifii, from (!t!or),Mii to Xova Scotia, and from tliu Atlantic 

 to tlio Jiocky ^Mountains. Kicliardsoii, in his description of its habits in tho 

 Fauna Jiorettli-Amiricanu, status that he met witii it as far north as thu oOth 

 jiaraUul of latitudu, and mentions, in a note, tiiat Mr. Drunimond prounrud 

 S])ui'imeii3 on the sources of thu I'eacu liiver, in the vaUey of the Iioeky 

 Alouutuius, iu uu wise difl'urunt iioni tlioso ttvkeu on the Suskatchuwun. On 



Banasa vmbtUus. 



the banks of tlie latter river it was found very i)leiitifiil, frequenting tlie horse- 

 paths and the cluarud spaces about tlie forts. In winter, when the jiround was 

 covered with snow, it occurred in Hocks of ten or twelve, perchiii^r on trees. 

 These Hocks could lie approached without difliculty, and several birds succes- 

 sively shot from tlie same tree without c.xcitino; the alarm of the survivors, if 

 the lowest were shot first. When disturlied, like most Grouse they Hew off 

 very swiftly, with a loud whirrinj,' sound, and to a considerable distance before 

 alij^htins. The male in s])rin<>- makes a very siii<jular loud noise, resem- 

 bliiig the quick roll of a drum, which is produced by rapid strokes of the 

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